START DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
END DATE: JUNE 12, 2021
Completed items in bold: 74/101
Last Updated: Jun 29, 2021

1. Have date night with hubby once a month - Oct 13/18, Nov 17/18, Dec 22/18, Jan 13/19, Feb 15/19, Mar 23/19, Apr 27/19, May 23/19, Jun 23/19, Jul 7/19, Aug 8/19, Sep 1/19, Oct 13/19, Nov 8/19, Dec 26/19, Jan 18/20, Feb 7/20, Mar 4/20, Apr 25/20, May 24/20, Jun 25/20, Jul 26/20, Aug 29/20, Sep 26/20, Oct 31/20. Nov 28/20. Dec 26/20. Jan 30/21. Feb 27/21. Mar 27/21. Apr 23/21. May 29/21. 31/31.

2. Celebrate 10th anniversary with a tin or aluminum gift for hubby - we don't really give gifts anymore but we celebrated!

3. Celebrate 11th anniversary with a steel gift for hubby.

4. Go trampolining - Aug 7/19.

5. Go axe throwing - Dec 28/18.

6. Go knife throwing - Oct/19.

7. Visit at least one labyrinth in Toronto.

8. Take a self defense class - Krav Maga - Oct/18.

9. Attend an Intuitives meet-up - I attempted to join one via Zoom so I’m calling this a win!

10. Be an audience member at CityLine - Nov 7/18.

11. Spend one complete winter in Toronto (no travelling) - 2018/19.

12. Plan a staycation for hubby and me - Aug/19.

13. Visit Naoshima - Nov/19.

14. Take a trip by myself - Dec 5/18 to Dec 16/18.

15. Find a place to volunteer - Nov 2/18.

16. Launch Authenblissity website - May 20/20.

17. Write and maintain an ongoing favourites page - May 20/20.

18. Attend a Vipassana silent meditation 10-day course - Dec 5/18 to Dec 16/18.

19. Go to at least three farmers' markets - Metro Hall. 1/3.

20. Make energy balls - Apr/19.

21. Make candied ginger - Feb/20.

22. Make my own sauerkraut or kimchi.

23. Activate my sourdough starter and make a loaf of bread - I made a loaf of bread but still haven’t used my sourdough starter.

24. Make madeleines.

25. Make steamed cake (e.g., mah lai goh).

26. Make steamed buns (i.e., mantou).

27. Make cinnamon buns.

28. Make kombucha - Jul/19.

29. Make cornbread - Jan 28/19.

30. Make cold brew coffee.

31. Find my favourite base recipe for scones.

32. Find my favourite base recipe for brownies - Sep/20.

33. Find my favourite base recipe for chocolate cake.

34. Find my favourite base recipe for muffins.

35. Go through my two unopened coffee table books.

36. Come up with a goal or habit that will allow me to develop a regular yoga or stretching routine - Dec/20.

37. Change all my online passwords - Mar/21.

38. Back up all the content on my website - Oct/20.

39. Get our wills drawn up.

40. Update finances spreadsheet to track monthly income and invoiced income - Jan/20.

41. Take a writing class. Introduction to the Art and Practice of Memoir Writing with Firefly Creative Writing and Toronto Public Library - Apr/19 to May/19.

42. Complete The Artist’s Way 12-week course - Aug/20.

43. Complete The Science of Well-Being Course on Coursera.

44. Take an Inner Field Trip with Leesa Renee Hall – Oct/20.

45. Learn to draw on the computer or tablet - I learned how to do this but I’m not great at it so I’m moving on. :)

46. Learn to use GarageBand - I've picked up enough of the basics to do what I wanted to do (i.e., edit podcasts) - Feb/19.

47. Learn how to do modern calligraphy (in progress).

48. Learn how to fix simple things in the home (in progress).

49. Make a macrame plant hanger - I made a super simple one but I’m counting it - Aug/20.

50. Learn enough Chinese characters to read the cards mom sent me when I was 8 years old.

51. Take a tech class - Intro to Google Analytics.

52. Update my list of 101 things that make me happy (last updated in 2013).

53. Answer the 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind by Jun 11/21 and see if my responses have changed.

54. Watch or listen to at least three Munk Debates or Dialogues - 3/3.

    • Is China a threat to the liberal international order?

    • The World After COVID-19 with Malcolm Gladwell

    • The Future of Investing with Mohamed El-Erian

55. Read or listen to at least 50 books (does not include coffee table books) - 55/50 (+4 in progress).

    • Soulful Simplicity by Courtney Carver 

    • Victory Lap Retirement by Mike Drak & Jonathan Chevreau

    • A Tribe Called Bliss by Lori Harder

    • The Little Book of Fika by Lynda Balslev

    • Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez

    • You Are A Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero

    • How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free by Ernie J. Zelinski

    • Courage to Create by Rollo May

    • 10% Happier by Dan Harris

    • Change Bites by Marissa S. Costonis

    • The Three Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation by Vijay Govindarajan

    • Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat

    • Essentialism by Greg McKeown

    • Ayurveda (Idiot's Guides) by Sahara Rose

    • Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuk

    • Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk

    • The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

    • #AskGaryVee by Gary Vaynerchuk

    • Awareness by Anthony De Mello

    • Let's Talk Podcasting by Amanda Cupido

    • Modern Manners by Dorothea Johnson

    • The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr

    • A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

    • Atomic Habits by James Clear

    • A Geek in Japan by Hector Garcia

    • The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson

    • The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

    • Draft No. 4 by John McPhee

    • The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey

    • The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

    • The Artist’s Date Book by Julia Cameron

    • Exhalation by Ted Chiang

    • The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

    • Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

    • The One Thing by Gary Keller

    • Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

    • The New Plant Parent by Darryl Cheng

    • Wild At Home by Hilton Carter

    • How to Houseplant by Heather Rodino

    • The Indestructible Houseplant by Tovah Martin

    • Grow in the Dark by Lisa Eldred Steinkopf

    • Growing Healthy Houseplants by Ellen Zachos

    • Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon

    • Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

    • Keep Going by Austin Kleon

    • I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

    • Wine Girl by Victoria James

    • Moonology by Yasmin Boland

    • Loonshots by Safi Bahcall (in progress)

    • Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda (in progress)

    • Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

    • The Inner Sky by Steven Forrest

    • The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile (in progress)

    • How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

    • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

    • Dune by Frank Herbert

    • Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

    • Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee

56. Watch at least 50 documentaries - 55/50.

    • Invisible Essence: The Little Prince 

    • Free Solo 

    • Dal Puri Diaspora 

    • Pick of the Litter

    • Pugly: A Pug's Life

    • Finding Hygge

    • The Game Changers

    • nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up

    • Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    • Some American Feminists

    • Havana, from on High

    • The Wandering Chef

    • Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story

    • Biggest Little Farm

    • The Push

    • Ask Dr. Ruth

    • Superpower Dogs

    • The Day Don Died

    • Life in Miniature

    • Uncaged: A Stand-In Story

    • And That is How the Rivers Came to Be

    • Scenes from a Dry City

    • That's My Jazz

    • Take Me to Prom 

    • Autonomy

    • Celebration

    • Coppers

    • Red Penguins

    • And We Go Green

    • Letter to the Editor

    • Desert One

    • The Kingmaker

    • Bikram

    • David Foster: Off the Record

    • Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

    • Midnight Traveller

    • Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts

    • Chasing Einstein

    • Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint

    • Fantastic Fungi

    • Mystify: Michael Hutchence

    • On the President’s Orders

    • Varda by Agnes

    • Wasted: the Story of Food Waste

    • Tiger King (documentary series)

    • The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne

    • Don’t F**k with Cats

    • The Social Dilemma

    • Meat the Future

    • There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace

    • The School of Housewives

    • The Wall of Shadows

    • 13th

    • Knock Down the House

    • My Octopus Teacher

57. Watch at least 50 TED Talks - 25/50.

    • Try something new for 30 days - Matt Cutts

    • Stop searching for your passion - Terri Trespicio

    • My escape from North Korea - Hyeonseo Lee

    • Don't strive to be famous, strive to be talented - Maisie Williams

    • My no spend year - Michelle McGagh

    • My philosophy for a happy life - Sam Berns

    • The power of vulnerability - Brene Brown

    • The art of being yourself - Caroline McHugh

    • How to stop screwing yourself over - Mel Robbins

    • How to figure out what you really want - Ashley Stahl

    • What makes you special? - Mariana Atencio

    • How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes - Adam Leipzig

    • Allow things to unfold and you will find your purpose in life - Peggy Oki

    • The urgency of intersectionality - Kimberlé Crenshaw

    • How mindfulness changes the emotional life of our brains - Richard J. Davidson

    • After watching this, your brain will not be the same - Lara Boyd

    • Intermittent Fasting: Transformational Technique - Cynthia Thurlow

    • 12 truths I learned from life and writing - Anne Lamott

    • Why we must stop dancing to the sound of our own oppression - Madame Gandhi

    • How changing your story can change your life - Lori Gottlieb

    • How to motivate yourself to change your behavior - Tali Sharot

    • Feelings: Handle them before they handle you - Mandy Saligari

    • The Unstoppable Power of Letting Go - Jill Sherer Murray

    • The art of misdirection - Apollo Robbins

    • Surthriving with ALS: Lessons from International development - Norman MacIsaac

58. Watch all the Oscar nominated Best Picture films from 2018, 2019, 2020, or 2021 - 2020.

59. Watch and reflect on at least 20 films during the Hot Docs Festival or TIFF - Sep/19.

60. Work or volunteer at a film festival. Hot Docs Festival - 2019.

61. Watch a film at the Cinesphere - Jul/19.

62. Complete alterations on the two dresses on my list to shorten - Jul/19.

63. Reach my ideal makeup inventory numbers (in progress).

64. Reach my ideal clothing inventory numbers (in progress).

65. Go through Nina Garcia's 100 list and decide which items are appropriate in my ideal wardrobe.

66. Complete the 30-day plank challenge - November 2018.

67. Practice playing the flute or sing a song every day for a month.

68. Colour every day for a month - Jun/20.

69. Draw every day for a month and/or draw a portrait from a photo - Jun/20.

70. Complete the eat-at-home challenge for 30 days in 2018 - November.

71. Complete the eat-at-home challenge for 30 days in 2019 - 30 days leading to first day of spring.

72. Complete the eat-at-home challenge for 30 days in 2020 - Mar 16/20 to Apr 30/20.

73. Create at least three 30-day challenges - 30 days to spring tidying challenge, 30 days to spring deep cleaning challenge. 2/3.

74. Complete the entire Konmari method of tidying up - Feb/19 to Mar/19.

75. Decorate my laptop.

76. Start a manifestation journal - Jan/19.

77. Keep a food journal for at least a week - Oct/18.

78. Learn the Pokémon types and counters.

79. Post a video on TikTok - Jun/20.

80. Make my own tea advent calendar - Dec/20.

81. Make my own dry shampoo - Dec/20.

82. Remove the shoulder pads in my new-to-me camel coat - Oct/19.

83. Create a vision board - Dec/18.

84. Determine my current optimal number of sleep hours - as of Apr/19, I seem to function best with 7 to 8 hours of sleep per night.

85. Propagate my spider plant baby - Jun/20.

86. Buy flannel sheets - Jan/20.

87. Complete my 3000, 5000, or 9000 piece puzzle - Mar/21.

88. Create a moon ritual - Dec/20.

89. Hold 7 moon ceremonies from October 1, 2020 to December 29, 2020 - 7/7.

90. Hold a fire ceremony - Aug/20.

91. Re-learn how to use my tarot deck - I use it in a super simple way during moon planning but I’m happy I’m using the deck again - Dec/20.

92. Learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube.

93. Write every day for 30 days or complete some kind of writing challenge - I did morning pages for all of January 2020 and I’ll be continuing with this practice.

94. Record at least six episodes for a podcast - 5/6. I have a new idea for my meditations podcast so I’ll be pausing this for the time being and considering this complete! I plan to release an 8-episode series in the future.

95. Complete the outline for my book by Dec 23/20.

96. Update my tidying video series and post to my main Authenblissity YouTube channel - Apr/21.

97. Try out a system of planning around the moon phases - Oct/20.

98. Keep a bullet journal - Jun/20.

99. Experiment with watercolours - Jun/20.

100. Write an essay or a blog post every month from August 2020 to May 2021 - 10/10.

101. Get up to date with Hello Writer - Sep/20.